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resumption

resumption

12 5.6
To start something again after it stopped
  • noun
  • /rɪˈzʌmpʃən/
: reanudación
  • The limited space for compromise has been significantly narrowed by the resumption of violence by the IRA.
  • resumption of hostilities
  • resumption of negotiations
  • resumption of activities

And clearly this was the resumption of hostilities.

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Examples

  • We celebrated the resumption of the concert series after a two-year hiatus.

  • The clerk and the judge conferred over the resumption of the calendar and prepared to return to business.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The recommendations were to lay the foundation for the resumption of economic growth.

    Academic text (2004)

  • And clearly this was the resumption of hostilities.

    Megyn Kelly

  • Is there any circumstance in which you would support the resumption of nuclear testing?

    Academic text (2004)

  • The code was quickly dusted off to permit the resumption of normal commercial activities.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Rehabilitation will follow, and the gradual resumption of activities will then begin.

    Academic text (2003)

  • However, work on the canal was interrupted by the resumption of hostilities in 1983.

    Academic text (1998)

  • For all Jordanian democracy activists, the hope is that this marks the resumption of genuine liberalization, largely stalled since 1994.

    Academic text (2004)

  • After a long break, the students were eager for the resumption of their art classes.

Synonyms

reboot
vsresumption
20 3.7

A time when something is started again, like a computer or TV series

is the general act of starting something again after a pause or interruption
reestablishment
vsresumption
2 4.6

Making something exist or work again after it stopped

is about starting activity again after a pause rather than recreating existence
reactivation
vsresumption
1 4.2

Bringing something that was inactive back into use

is about starting something again after it was paused or interrupted
reinstitution
vsresumption
1 6.8

Bringing back a rule or practice after it stopped

is more general and means starting something again after interruption
reinitiation
vsresumption
1 7.0

Starting something again after it was paused or finished

is limited to restarts after a pause or interruption
recommencement
vsresumption
  • Formal
1 8.0

The act of starting something again after it stops

is the neutral term for starting something again after interruption
reignition
vsresumption
6.5

Starting a fire or engine again after it stops

is the general act of starting again after pause or interruption

Antonyms

termination
  • Formal
63 4.7

The act of ending something, like a job or contract

How Involved

recommitment
1 4.8
involvement
393 2.9
reengagement
1 4.7
resumption
12 5.6
reconnection
3 3.9

Surface Forms

resumption singular
resumptions plural

Morphology

resumption = resume (transparent) = resume + ion

The noun is a regular nominalization of the verb 'resume', meaning 'the act of resuming', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Resumption comes from re- meaning 'again' and sumere meaning 'to take', so it originally meant 'taking up again' and is related to the verb resume. That's why a resumption is the act of starting something again after a pause.